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=[|Old School]=

Looking at the previous posts I thought I would talk about some old school game designers. An educational game that was used in the early 1900’s in business schools, was a game called, “The Landlord’s Game.” This game was created by Elizabeth Magie, a game designer from Illinois. Magie designed the game to demonstrate the evils of monopoly. As participants progressed through the game, property owners would eventually put their tenets into the poor house. This principle is known as Georgism, which was developed by an economist named Henry George. Magie also created other less known games such as “Bargain Day” and “King’s Men, ” which are educational in nature.

Charles Darrow, another game designer, used the idea of the “The Landlord’s Game” to develop the now famous game, Monopoly. Darrow is the first game designer to earn a million dollars for designing board games. Parker Brothers, the games publisher was launched into super-stardom and has published many other games since then such as “Sorry,” “Clue,” and “Aggravation.”